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Pantemted July 31, 1894.

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TYPE SETTING APPARATUS.

No. 523,742. Patented July 31,189.4.

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TYPE SETTING APPARATUS'.

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UNITED STATES l PATENT EEIOE.

LOUIS KossUTH JOHNSON AND ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW, OE BROOKLYN, AsSIeNOEs TOTHE ALDEN TYPE MACHINE COMPANY, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

TYPE-SETTING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 523,742, dated July 31, 1894. Applicationtiled January 10,1894. Serial No. 496,396. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Beit known that we, LOUIS KoSsUTH JOHN- SON and ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Setting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to which theinvention appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to the form of type setting apparatus set forth in our application, Serial No. 492,664., tiled December 5, 1893, in which a plurality of types are forwarded simultaneously and made to converge together as they advance into position to 'be grasped collectively between the thumb and finger of the compositor.

The type forwarded in the` application -above referred to isoperated by hand. Our present invention is designed to relieve the hand of the compositor of the labor of forwarding the types, and at the same time to insure the forwarding and presentationh of new types as fast as those preceding are re-v moved from the case.-

The invention consists essentially in com' bining and arranging with the plurality of type containing channels and with the means for converging the types upon a common support, a constantly reciprocating pusher which acts only upon the types when thrown into action by a lever the outer end of which is depressed by the linger of the compositor While in the act of grasping the last forwarded types for removal. Thus the hand of the operator is relieved of the strain involved in severing the lowest types in the column from those above, the depression of the switch le- "ver not even requiring a special movement or arrangement of the lingers, but being effected practically without exertion.

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a side elevation. of our improved arrange ment; Fig. 2, a top view of the same, showing the channel holder in horizontal section on plane of line o', o, Fig. l. Fig. 3, is a vertical section upon plane of line 10,10, Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is an elevation similar to Fig. l, showin g the switch lever depressed; Fig. 5, a like View showing the type forwarder j ust afterthe completion of its forward stroke. Fig. 6, is a detail of the switch lever.' Fig. '7, is a front elevation of the device; Fig. 8, a vertical section upon plane of line x, a', Fig. 1. Fig. 9, is a horizontal section upon plane of line y, y, Fig. 8; Fig. l0, a horizontal section upon plane of line z, z, Fig. 8. y

The socket piece or support A, for the type containing channels B, may be of any convenient or desired construction, that Shown `being substantially the same as in our last application hereinbefore referred to. The type supporting platform a, extends out beyond the front of the socket piece A, and is provided with the converging side walls a', et', ending in the port a2, through which the 'forward ends of the types are made to project by the forward stroke of the type pusher P, when'the latter is brought into action.

The type platform a, is slotted transversely at u2, just behind the position which the heels of the types occupy when forwarded.y This slot a2, opens into a passageway as, the bottom of which is formed by the top of the main platform D, upon which the pusher Pfrests, in the arrangement shown in the drawings, although the pusher may be supported in any convenient or well known manner,the essential feature being the employment of a oonstantly reciprocatingdevice actuated by suitable mechanism. The pusher bar P, is shown as reciprocated through the medium of a connecting rod p. To its front edge is pivottally connected one end of an arm p', having 'the' lateral pusher linger p2, projecting from its other extremity. This pusher finger rests normally upon the top of the'table D, traveling back and forth under the type platform a, as the pusher bar P is reciprocated. The

type platform a extends back slightlybeyond Y the type channels, and the retracted position of the pusher linger p2, is beyond the rear end of the said type platform asshown in Figs. l and 3.

The pusher finger p2, is raised so as to travel forward upon the type platform otby a finger lever L, -fulcrumed at Z, to a stationary part of the structure The rear end l', of this-finger lever L, rests under the arm p', ot' the pusher, or has a projection or roller Z2,

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platform a, immediately underneath the pov sition of the forward ends of the types as they project through the port a2. In this position the end Z3, of the lever is depressed by the linger and thumb of the compositor as he lowers them over the front ends of the types preparatory to grasping and removing the latter. As a result the rear end ZV', of the lever L, raises the forward end of the pusher arm p', until the pusher finger is elevated sufficiently to travel over the type platform a. This upward movement is limitedby a stop c, projecting above and beyond the rear of the type platform a. The type finger having thus been raised into position for action advances over the type platform a, during the forward stroke of the pusher bar I), encountering the heels of the types resting immediately upon the said type platform, and advancing them into the position just vacated by the preceding types withdrawn by the compositor. Having accomplished this, the type nger p2, drops through the slot 0.2, onto the table D, where it continues to travel back and forth Without effect until again raised through the medium of the lever L.

The rear arm Z', of the lever L, 'is made heavier than the front arm, so that the lever L, returns automatically to its normal position when released from the pressure of the ngers.

Vhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In type setting apparatus the combination of a plurality of type containing channels, a type platform, common to all the types, formed with a transverse slot, and a reciprocating type forwarder arranged to advance over said type platform and to drop through said transverse slot at the completion of its forward stroke, substantially in themanner and for the purpose described.

2. In type setting apparatus, the combination of a plurality of type containing channels, a type platform, common to all the types, formed with a transverse slot, a reciprocating forwarder arranged to advance over the said type platform and to drop through the transverse slot at the completion of its forward stroke, and a lever for raising the type forwarder into position to advance upon the type platform substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

3. In type setting apparatus, the combination of a plurality of type containing channels, a type platform common to all the types,

formed with a transverse slot, converging side Walls upon the type platform in front of the type containing channels, and a reciprocat ing type forwarder arranged to advance over said type platform, and to drop through said transverse slot at the completion of its forward stroke substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

4. In type setting apparatus the combination of a plurality of type containing channels, a type platform, common to all the types, formed with a transverse slot, a type forwarder arranged to advance over said type platform and to drop through said transverse slot at the completion of its forward stroke, a lever for raising the type forwarder into position to advance upon the type platform, and mechanism for reciprocating the type forwarder continuously substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

LOUIS KOSSUTH JOHNSON. ABBOT AUGUSTUS. LOW.

Witnesses:

D. W. GARDNER, GEORGE WILLIAM MIATT. 

